Chapter 10 Flashcards
germinal stage
1st phase of prenatal development (0-2 weeks)
embryonic stage
2nd stage of prenatal development (3-8 weeks)
fetal stage
3rd stage of prenatal development (9-birth)
threshold/age of viability
23-25 weeks
environmental factors that influence fetal development
- nutrition
- maternal stress
- drugs and alcohol
fetal alcohol syndrome
caused by women drinking while pregnant (7.6% do)
motor development
progression of muscular coordination required for physical activities
attachment
close emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers
separation anxiety
emotional distress seen i infants when they are separated from their primary caregiver
evolutionary theory of attachment
John Bowlby, Proximity to caregiver means survival
Behaviorist theory of attachment
mothers are associated with the reinforcing event of being fed
social/emotional theory of attachment
Harry Harlow’s research (monkey clung to cloth, non-feeding mother)
The Strange Situation
Mary Ainsworth, baby’s reaction when primary caregiver vs. stranger confronts them
reactive attachment disorder
failure to form normal attachments
piaget’s theory of cognitive development
children’s thought processes go through 4 major stages
1) sensorimotor
(birth-2 years)
thinking by using senses, object permanence develops
object permanence
develops when a child recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible
2) preoperational
(2-6 years)
limited logic, have not mastered the principle of conservation
conservation
amount of an object (2 different shape glasses)
centration
tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem, neglecting other important aspects
egocentrism
a limited ability to share another person’s viewpoint
animism
the belief that all things are living
3) concrete operational
(7-11 years)
begin to think logically about concrete words, have difficulty understanding abstract concepts
4) formal operational
(11+ years)
ability to understand hypothetical possibilities, systematic, logical, reflective